Tis the season for truffle hunting in Italy's Alba region. Tracking down edible fungi is an Italian obsession with some 200,000 active enthusiasts nationwide.
A small Italian village renowned for its white truffles will give Barack Obama a record specimen weighing in at more than a kilo as a reelection present.
Italian stock markets are sharply down this year, but the price of white truffle has doubled to 3,000 euros ($4,100) per kilogram in just a week.
Truffle hunters say the increase is due to low...
What was created as a novelty item last year has now been added to a popular New York restaurant menu permanently.
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Ian Purkayastha's teenage revolution didn't involve rock groups, rebelling against his parents or embarrassing fashion experiments.
For him it was: "black truffle ravioli with foie gras sauce".
And three years later, aged 18, Purkayastha not only...
